Gary Dooley
Local news reports
Smith County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a call about 4:45 p.m. Saturday, from the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office stating that they had received a 911 call regarding a man accidentally shooting himself at 31 West Shooting Range at 16934 Texas Highway 31 west. The man, identified as Dooley by Tankersley, died at the scene. Sheriff officials said the shooting death remains under investigation early this morning. Tankersley said Dooley was a gun enthusiast who was proficient with guns, even restoring old Mosin rifles and then selling them. “He has a lot of guns and just loved shooting. He was certainly not a novice and knew his way around guns,” he said. “He would go out to the range all the time and just shoot.”
